Today (27 December), Mongolia has confirmed 83 new cases of coronavirus infection; 57 of them were in Ulaanbaatar, 20 in the regions, and 6 were imported.

The total number of cases increased to 388,598.

A person aged between 61 and 80 died from the coronavirus in a day. The death toll from COVID-19 in Mongolia increased to 2,055.

As result of Mongolia’s mass vaccination efforts, a positive trend has emerged, signaling progress in the county’s COVID-19 fight. Over 70 percent of Mongolia’s population of 3.4 million has received two vaccine doses, with some 40 percent of people over 18 years of age having received a booster.